Bessama Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Bessama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Bessama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺴﺎﻡ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bessama.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bessama is the 2,776,799th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Bessama is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bessama live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 6 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bessama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bessama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺴﺎﻡ | bsam | 66.67 |
| ﺑﺴﺎﻣﻪ | bsamh | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bessama
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